Award of the £75,000 grant for South Tees NHS Trust's Parkinson's team
The Gazette hits the ground running, once the Health Foundation awards are announced.
Negotiations begin to recruit team members for PASU
Tees, Esk and Wear Valley agree to support CPN position and honorary contract for Dr Archibald
Dr Neil Archibald, consultant neurologist, released to join PASU project for one full day per week.
Zenita Cowen, experienced PD nurse, released one day per week to work in PASU
Planning meetings on metrics to be collected held over the 2 months prior to PASU project opening
Senior pharmacist, Viv Horton, assigned to PASU project team
Debra Gallant, experienced neuro OT, appointed to PASU unit team.
Agreement from CCG to support PASU setting in Redcar primary care hospital
Ana Aragon, national OT expert in PD management, appointed as project mentor to PASU OT Debra Gallant
Andy Hall, neuro physio appointed at interview
Jan Duffy appointed as PASU therapy assistant
First health check report to Health Foundation
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System in place for booking and admin of clinic
The Northern ECHO publicizes the launch of the PASU. Nice quote from our first patient.
Collaboration begins between Teesside University School of Computing and the PASU team, to develop a Parkinson's patient record for use in the service
NHS Property Services voice their support of the use of Redcar Primary Care Hospital
A little late in the project, the database for the project is up and running. Up until this point, we have been collecting data in paper format.
Second report to health foundation
6 month review of the project delivered to Health Foundation
Jan Duffy gets the Parkinson's choir up and running with Christmas Carols in the the PASU.
Article on PASU appears in the RCN journal
Parkinson's Excellence Network presentation at Three River's meeting, North East. A chance to promote the PASU project to the North East and Cumbria
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First patient started on clozapine from within the PASU clinic. Huge benefit on hallucinations and improvement in quality of life.
Update meeting with CCG to present interim data and discuss future direction of PASU project.
PASU shortlisted for Patient Safety Awards 2016 in Long-term Conditions category The management of care for people with long-term conditions should be proactive, holistic, preventive and patient-centred – as well as safe. Delivering that care can be complicated since those with long-term conditions often have multiple and complex needs and potential safety concerns for patients. This can mean a number of risks to be managed to ensure safe care: potential medication interactions, for instance, or ensuring service users recognise and react quickly to signs of a potential exacerbation in their condition. With a focus on avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions, there is also a need to ensure service users are managed safely at home and in the community. The complexity of meeting the goal of managing long-term conditions safely means entries for this category could include one or more of the following elements: Identification of, and interventions for, patients at high risk of acute/life-threatening events due to morbidities Innovative patient education that enables patients to understand their condition and empowers them to take responsibility for self-management and reduces the risk of exacerbations/admissions Efforts to maximise the safe use of medications, including by addressing potentially harmful polypharmacy Techniques to reduce non-attendance at scheduled appointments New techniques for patient monitoring, perhaps via technology, which swiftly identify those at risk of deterioration Better sharing of information between care professionals and care sectors, reducing the safety risks that result from poor communication Strategies for addressing inequalities in people with co-morbid conditions Linked-up care involving a shared vision among primary and secondary care and patient support groups Service user involvement in developing new safety initiatives New techniques which improve the safety of treatments
Tough, but fair, interview at HSJ HQ in London.
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Neil Archibald and Lucy Tulloch present business case to South Tees CCG. Funding secured for modified PASU clinic, to run from October 2016
PASU wins Patient Safety Award for Long Term Conditions, beating off stiff competition from 8 other units.
Final report to Health Foundation.
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